Facilitated by advanced seafaring skills, and characterised by the longship, Viking activities at times also extended into the Mediterranean littoral, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Following extended phases of (primarily sea- or river-borne) exploration, expansion and settlement, Viking (Norse) communities and polities were established in diverse areas of north-western Europe, European Russia, the North Atlantic islands and as far as the north-eastern coast of North America. This period of expansion witnessed the wider dissemination of Norse culture, while simultaneously introducing strong foreign cultural influences into Scandinavia itself, with profound developmental implications in both directions.

Viking (comics)

Publication history

The first issue appeared April 22, 2009 but had sold out before it went on sale.

The fifth issue appeared in January 2010, and finished the first arc. No more issues were published afterwards.

Characters

Aki - An enforcer for King Bram

Annikki - Viking princess, Daughter of King Bram the Quiet

Bork - A merchant / arms dealer

Bram - A Viking king, he bears the title "The Quiet."

Egil - A criminal raider of sorts, brother to Finn and Ketil.

Finn - A criminal raider of sorts, brother to Egil and Ketil.

Ketil - A young boy, the youngest of three children. Brother to Egil and Finn.

Ozur - Egil, Finn, and Ketil's grandfather, an old man.

Plot synopsis

Issue 1

Date of Publication:22 April 2009

Egil and Finn kill a group of Vikings led by a man named Knut, stealing their cache of weapons for their own purporses, leaving one messenger alive to tout their bravado. Upon reception of his message, this messenger is put to death by Aki and King Bram.

Viking (satellite)

Viking was Sweden's first satellite. It was launched on an Ariane 1 rocket as a piggyback payload together with the French satellite SPOT 1, on February 22, 1986. Operations ended on May 12, 1987. Viking was used to explore plasma processes in the magnetosphere and the ionosphere.

Spacecraft

Space was limited underneath the SPOT 1 satellite, and Viking had to be quite sturdy in order to withstand the stress of launch. The basic shape of the Swedish satellite was a flat octagonal disc, 0.5 metres thick and 1.9 metres across. The mechanical interface of the payload adapter from the Ariane rocket was duplicated on top of Viking. This enabled it to be added to the launch with a minimum of redesign of the SPOT satellite. After SPOT had been released, Viking fired its own rocket engine and was sent into its proper polar orbit.

Mission

Once in orbit, 4 wire segments of 40 metre length each were spooled out in a radial direction from the edge of the spinning satellite disc. Also, 2 stiff rods of 4 metre length were extended in the axial direction. A sensor pod was stationed at the end of each of these, forming three orthogonal pairs. Together they could measure the electric field of the earth in all three dimensions. Stiff booms were also extended for other types of sensors and antennas.

Facilitated by advanced seafaring skills, and characterised by the longship, Viking activities at times also extended into the Mediterranean littoral, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Following extended phases of (primarily sea- or river-borne) exploration, expansion and settlement, Viking (Norse) communities and polities were established in diverse areas of north-western Europe, European Russia, the North Atlantic islands and as far as the north-eastern coast of North America. This period of expansion witnessed the wider dissemination of Norse culture, while simultaneously introducing strong foreign cultural influences into Scandinavia itself, with profound developmental implications in both directions.

KristianSiem’s Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Statoil... Seven Viking is owned by Eidesvik Seven Chartering, a jv between Subsea 7 and Eidesvik Offshore, and Subsea 7 has just extended its charter of the vessel until the end of 2025....

Eidesvik Offshore in Norway has signed a letter of intent with Seabed Geosolution for the use of SubseaViking and Vantage. The contract will commence at the end of January/early February. Duration is expected to be the r ... ....

Subsea services group Acteon has announced that it has enhanced its moorings capabilities by completing the purchase of the Viking Seatech Group... https.//www.oilfieldtechnology.com/offshore-and-subsea/04122017/acteon-group-strengthens-moorings-offering-with-acquisition-of-viking-seatech-group/....

Signed definitive agreements to sell the Viking SeaTech business to Acteon, a global subsea services provider and acquire MirageMachines, a $12 million revenue provider of industrial and energy maintenance tools, from Acteon ...Viking SeaTech business, net of tax ($1.82 per share)....

Subsea services group Acteon has signed a definitive agreement to buy Viking Seatech, a provider of temporary and permanent mooring services, from Actuant Corporation. Acteon said that the acquisition of Viking Seatech would broaden the group’s existing mooring business with a local presence in both Australia and Indonesia....